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The Board’s AI Risk Moment: Who Is Accountable?

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February 3, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST Webinar

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Artificial intelligence has moved from experimentation to enterprise infrastructure, and boards are accountable for how it is governed. Federal and state AI rules are evolving quickly, with increasing scrutiny from regulators, attorneys general, insurers, and plaintiffs. Directors face a fragmented landscape that touches risk oversight, disclosures, controls, and liability, often before management has a fully formed governance model in place.


This virtual session brings together legal, insurance, and governance perspectives to clarify what matters now. The discussion will focus on how boards should oversee AI use today, how emerging frameworks such as AIUC-1 can support consistent governance, and what directors should be asking management as rules, enforcement signals, and expectations continue to shift.

Learning Outcomes

  • The current federal and state AI regulatory environment and why it remains fluid
  • What AIUC-1 means for enterprise governance, controls, and auditability
  • Board oversight of AI risk, including liability, disclosures, and insurance implications
  • Practical questions directors should be asking management in 2026
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Speakers

Matt Cassidy

Partner, Advisory Services, Grant Thornton Advisors LLC

Matthew Cassidy

Matt is a Partner in GT Advisors’ Risk Advisory Practice. Matt maintains a variety of certifications, including Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)...

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Rich Harper

Partner, Baker Botts

Rich Harper

Rich Harper advises and litigates on behalf of some of the world's most sophisticated technology, media, and entertainment companies. He leads litigation teams in business tort and breach of contract disputes, ranging from trade secret litigation to business defamation claims for clients such as PepsiCo and Formula 1 Racing...

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Emil Lassen

Standard Lead, Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company

Emil Bender Lassen

Emil Bender Lassen is the Standard Lead at the Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company, leading the development of AIUC-1, the standard for AI agent security, safety, and reliability. In this role, he convenes AIUC-1 Technical Contributors and...

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Joseph Talmadge

Executive Vice President, Heffernan Insurance Brokers

Joseph Talmadge

Joe is an experienced commercial insurance broker helping venture backed, private equity owned and publicly traded firms…

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MODERATOR

 Lead Director, AMD; Director, Gen Digital Inc., Sony, NACD

Nora Denzel

Nora M. Denzel is a retired Silicon Valley technology executive and currently serves as the Lead Independent Director of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD). She is also on the boards of Gen Digital (NASDAQ: GEN), Sony (NASDAQ: SONY) and NACD...

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Thank you to our partners.

Baker Botts Grant Thornton Heffernan Insurance Brokers
NACD Northern California
Contact Us

Lisa Spivey, 
Executive Director

Kate Azima, 
Director of Partnerships & Marketing
programs@northerncalifornia.nacdonline.org

Find a Chapter

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NACD and the NACD Chapter Network organizations (NACD) are non-partisan, nonprofit organizations dedicated to providing directors with the opportunity to discuss timely governance oversight practices. The views of the speakers and audience are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of NACD.